Some Catena-X members

The business value we create for you

The solutions we certify for each business area are built on a shared technological foundation to reduce costs and scale your IT and business processes globally. Today, we already offer a boost for your business in the following areas.
Resilient Supply Chains

Your benefit: Improved transparency and reduced risks.

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Trusted Sustainability

Your benefit: Base your reporting on primary data and issue product passports.

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Effective Quality Management

Your benefit: Earlier failure detection and parts traceability.

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Next Level Master-Data-Management

Your benefit: The most cost effective and powerful data management.

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Our Catena-X core values

We believe that within our global automotive industry, we only can create a true multi-tier collaboration when we empower existing players and solution providers. We believe that trust in your partners and control over your data are decisive in a digital world. Hence, we created an ecosystem from the industry for the industry.

Our core values at a glance:

Trusted Digital ID

Verified and unique company identities 

Interoperability

Unified open-source-based standards and KITs

Self-Sovereignty

Decentral architecture with full control over your data

Industry Governance

One global operating model and framework

Now is the time to get involved

Catena-X is fully operational and entering its next phase of adoption. Whether your organization seeks to exchange data and unlock measurable business value, or to actively shape the future of the auomotive industry by joining the Catena-X association, there are multiple paths to contribute.

Ecosystem - We Create Business Value

The Catena-X ecosystem connects companies, solution providers, and service partners across the entire automotive value chain. It creates interoperable solutions to offer companies the first multi tier data exchange to improve business processes and reduce costs – we call this radical collaboration.

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Association - We Build Standards

The Catena-X Automotive Network Association is the governance body of the Catena-X ecosystem. Our members define new business areas, develop standards and activate the global automotive industry.
With this, we shape a forward-looking and collaborative data ecosystem based on the values of trust, self-sovereignty, interoperability and industry governance.

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Latest Success Stories

Driving quality together: how OEMs and suppliers transform quality management with Catena-X

The implementation of the Catena-X use case in quality management shows how collaboration and data transparency can reduce inefficiencies and create significant cost benefits along the supply chain.

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4 months Earlier detection of errors through data exchange (on average)
5 weeks From kick-off to data exchange with new supplier – instead of several months
  • Cost savings in the low single-digit million range possible
  • Suspicious cases can be narrowed down considerably, saving resources

Leading the way in effective supply chain decarbonization through standardized PCF data sharing

To meet the need for standardised sustainability practices, WITTE Automotive has implemented advanced solutions with SAP and can calculate its PCF according to the Catena-X framework.

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3-5x more efficient calculation* compared to manual, excel-based method (*with interface to ERP system)
+10T € Savings per PCF calculation compared to hiring external calculation experts
  • Automated data flow from the S/4HANA ERP system
  • SAP Sustainability Data Exchange enables seamless management and exchange of PCF data

Koller Kunststofftechnik digitises production and enables traceability according to OEM requirements

The Catena-X-certified ONCITE DPS solution from German Edge Cloud was implemented in a very short space of time, enabling Koller to achieve transparency about both its production and energy use.

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51 % Faster OEE calculation
15 % less energy loss
  • Faster fault detection and targeted process optimisation
  • 100% transparency of energy use in production
  • Secure and standardised data exchange with OEMs

Some voices from within the network

P. Matthew Pohlman

Chief Executive Officer at AIAG

„We are thrilled to take the challenge of radical collaboration forward in North America on behalf of Catena-X and AIAG’s 4,900-plus member companies, which include OEMs and tier suppliers.“

Oliver Zipse

Chairman of the Board BMW AG

„With Catena-X, we want to connect companies across industries. An end-to-end data networking from small and medium-sized enterprises to OEMs will help to make important progress in the sustainability of our products and the resilience of our supply chains.“

Ola Källenius

Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG and Mercedes Benz AG

„With Catena-X the automotive industry is taking another big step in its digital transformation. Together we have the chance to take a leading position in technology and innovation in Germany and Europe.“

Dr. Oscar Lazaro

Managing Director Innovalia

"Innovalia is delighted to drive forward an effective operation of the Spanish automotive industry on Catena-X. Facilitating the reference neutral environment of a Competence Centre, enables adoption at scale of a digital offering aligned with the sector’s priorities."

Dr. Markus Heyn

Member of the Board of Robert Bosch GmbH

„We are collaborating in the Catena-X network with the aim of pooling expertise to enable secure, cross-company data exchange among all members of the automotive supply chain.“

Christian Klein

CEO SAP SE

„To achieve sustainable and efficient processes in the automotive industry, data and information must be exchanged in a secure and reliable way along the entire value chain. We are delighted to help build Catena-X as a pioneer and technology partner.“

Dr. Roland Busch

Vorstandsvorsitzender Siemens AG

„With Catena-X, we are developing the necessary standards and technologies for the European automotive industry to exploit the opportunities of digitalization.“

Timotheus Höttges

CEO Deutsche Telekom AG

„As a technology partner we stand for a secure data ecosystem. A network that stands for data sovereignty with simultaneous supplier and technology openness.“

Dr. Oliver Blume

Chairman of the Board of Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG

„The auto industry is shaping the digital transformation. Data is the driving force, ensuring greater efficiency and sustainability. Catena-X provides the basis for this.“

News

All the latest updates and news from the Catena-X ecosystem.

Catena-X Strengthens Global Governance and Announces Newly Elected Board Members

At today’s general election the Catena-X members voted for an organizational change and (re-)elected some of the board members

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Enabling 3,300 Chinese Automotive Companies

CAAM, VDA, and Catena-X Sign Memorandum of Understanding

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DENSO Certified by Catena-X for EcoPass as First Company Headquartered in Japan

DENSO is developing a certified Battery Passport application

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PCF Pitch Session Recording Available

Recap: Catena-X Open Pitch Session on Certified PCF Solutions

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Hannover Messe 2025 – Slide Deck Available

A Week of Global Collaboration, Insights & Momentum

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Catena-X and Ouranos Ecosystem Successfully Demonstrate Data Space Interoperability

A groundbreaking step towards global data collaboration.

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Catena-X Welcomes EU Omnibus Proposal

The EU Omnibus Confirms Continued Relevance for Sustainability Reporting and Supply Chain Data Collection

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Open Source – generating an economic value of 8.8 trillion USD

The Foundation for Collaboration and Transformation

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Catena-X Holds Open Pitch Session for All Certified Product Carbon Footprint Solutions

Catena-X Holds Open Pitch Session for All Certified Product Carbon Footprint Solutions

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Latest Catena-X standards ready for certification

As of today, Business Application Providers (BAPs) in the Catena-X ecosystem can have their solutions certified against the latest Catena-X standards by CX-Io.

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